Civics and citizenship / Year 8 / Civics and Citizenship Skills / Problem-solving and decision-making

Curriculum content descriptions

Appreciate multiple perspectives and use strategies to mediate differences (ACHCS071)

Elaborations
  • using empathy to appreciate the influences or circumstances that may have informed different perspectives
  • recognising assumptions in their own and other people’s thinking when mediating differences
  • using culturally inclusive behaviours during class discussions and meetings
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
ScOT terms

Attitudes,  Mediation

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